內柔外剛

See also: 内柔外刚 and 内柔外剛

Chinese

		inside; inner; internal inside; inner; internal; within; interior	soft	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	hard; firm; strong hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly
trad. (內柔外剛)		內	柔	外	剛
simp. (内柔外刚)		内	柔	外	刚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nèiróuwàigāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄟˋ ㄖㄡˊ ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): noi⁶ jau⁴ ngoi⁶ gong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nèiróuwàigāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄟˋ ㄖㄡˊ ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nèiróuwàigang
    • Wade–Giles: nei⁴-jou²-wai⁴-kang¹
    • Yale: nèi-róu-wài-gāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neyrouwaygang
    • Palladius: нэйжоувайган (nɛjžouvajgan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /neɪ̯⁵¹ ʐoʊ̯³⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹ kɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: noi⁶ jau⁴ ngoi⁶ gong¹
    • Yale: noih yàuh ngoih gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noi⁶ jau⁴ ngoi⁶ gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: noi⁶ yeo⁴ ngoi⁶ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔːi̯²² jɐu̯²¹ ŋɔːi̯²² kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

內柔外剛

1. appearing tough on the outside but actually being weak-willed or gentle